Mark 13:24
But in those days, after that tribulation:
What it says
Jesus marks the time as the days after that tribulation.
What it is doing
It sets the return in relation to the tribulation.
In context
24But in those days, after that tribulation: 25the stars will fall from the sky, 26At that time they will see the Son of Man coming in the clouds with great power and glory. 27And He will send out the angels to gather His elect from the four winds, from the ends of the earth to the ends of heaven.